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Ť498
AN INSIDE-PAINTED SMOKEY CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT GROVE STUDIO
FIRST WINTER MONTH OF WUWU YEAR (1918)
The bottle is decorated with two scenes of Buddha seated under a
tree, one on a double lotus base and the other on a woven mat.

2 in. (5.1 cm.), tiger’s eye stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4795.
倶∠䍆օӲ‫ה‬聖墔蒓袐⦘‫⥘ד‬聖㌉

498

•Ψ499 PROVENANCE
THREE RED-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1860 Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos.
The first bottle is of flattened globular form and decorated with 5274, 5278, 5128.
precious objects on a semi-opaque clear glass ground, with mask
and ring handles. The second bottle is decorated with calligraphy LITERATURE
in seal script on a semi-opaque ‘snowflake’ ground. The third bottle
is of ovoid form with decoration of precious objects on a clear R. Hall, Serendipity, Chinese Snuff Bottles XVI, London, 2011, no. 94
‘snowflake’ glass ground. (second bottle).

䍆堘⥶㍩蔶∇聖㌉Ӳ։

2º, 2¡ and 2¬ in. (5.6, 6, and 6.6 cm.) high, jadeite and glass (3)
stoppers

$4,800-6,800

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